Mamata campaign on 9-10 April

Statesman News Service

MALDA, April 7: The Trinamul Chief Miss Mamata Bannerjee along with four other political parties will campaign for Kharba Assembly bypolls on 9 and 10 April. According to the district president of Trinamul Congress, Mr Dulal Sarkar, the party has formed an alliance with Suci, Muslim League, CPI (ML) New Democracy and a faction of Forward Bloc for the Trinamul Congress candidate Mr Abdul Khaleque in Kharba bypolls. Mr Sarkar said that four political leaders will also join the four election rallies led by Miss Mamata Banerjee in Kharba Assembly segment. Miss Banerjee will address at four places such as Jalalpur and Hamatpur on 9 April and at Kharba High School and Kalambagan in Chanchal on 10 April. It may be noted that due to prohibitory order on using microphone for on going HS examination political parties could not organise big rallies. However, the prohibitory order would be relaxed from 9 April afternoon to 10 April evening and then an election code of conduct will come into force for the bypolls to be held on 12 April. On the other hand, the PCC chief Mr Priya Ranjan Das Munshi has been campaigning in phases since a few days just to retain the seat as it is a prestigious issue when a faction of Congress workers led by a Malda zilla parishad member are ‘dead against’ the contesting candidate Mr Asif Mehbub. Political observers say that Miss Mamata Banerjee will be trying hard to increase the percentage of vote here than the Trinamul Congress candidate had secured in last Assembly election. Trinamul candidate would bag votes from anti-Left vote banks narrowing the margin between the CPI(M)and the Congress candidates. In last Assembly the CPI(M) candidate Mr Anjumanara Begam was defeated by a margin of at least 10,000 votes. The minister for tourism and micro, cottage and small minister Mr Manab Mukherjee, the transport and sport minister Mr Subhash Chakraborty would be coming for the campaigning of Kharba by election in the last two days. At present minister for minority and madrasa, Mr Abdur Sattar and the CPI(M) leader Mrs Minati Ghosh and other leaders are campaigning in Kharba. In order to maintain law and order and to avoid any untoward incident the district election officials have decided to deploy central forces in Kharba Assembly segment from 9 April.